Photographer's Note

- 10 ° F, the sun rise on the ice-cold pond. The usual ducks disappeared, the walkers also...
Only the shadows are very present.
We are in Rueil-Malmaison (it is the town where I live), 10 km from Paris, in the forest of Malmaison which is also called Saint Cucufa's wood.
This 200 hectare forest was bought by Josephine de Beauharnais in 1800. The Empress liked this place for walking and often entailed there her guests for an excursion in carriage or a walk in boat.
Near the pond of Saint-Cucufa, she made install a sheepfold and a meanness. After Josephine's death, the domain was dismembered and partially deforested. His grandson, Napoleon III acquired it in 1856.
In 1871, the forest became property of the state.

Hello Diane. A good graphical eye to spot this geometric winter arrangement of the poles and trees, and their shadows cast on the snowy ground. Exposure is well managed to retain lots of detail on the snow, and the cold winter atmosphere is well rendered.

Very fine picture. The lighting conditions with the bright snow and dark trees were difficult to handle but you've managed to pull of a really good shot. The different lines in the snow create some nice geometrical patterns along with the other features (trees, and those blocks).

Hi Diane,
-10° F?! Well that`s pretty cold, but I know how you feel. It`s pretty damn cold here in Germany too, but at least you have some snow.
Well, you had some nice light here, the shadows are especially nice here. Good contrast and nice sharpness. Very nice one!

hi Diane,
the photo radiates COLD :) I like a lot the strong geometry with the angles and diagonals of the blue shadows, you show a very simple scene from a new angle, and suddenly it looks fascinating. superb clarity, the level of details in the textures of the snow is simply amazing. excellent work, my compliments.

Seeing something of a pattern that can create a subject out of the snow scene is something that a photographer will isolate from the eye sight and you did well here to show the abstract view of winter landscape here.